Chapter 421
About three days earlier, the team led by Wang Yu, which had originally been sent to support Black Mountain Pass, changed direction midway. According to Dark Demon Barbarian Lord, this was an order issued by Evil Soul Ancestor.
They were to intercept and eliminate the reinforcement team dispatched by the Void Heaven Sword Sect.
The specific situation was not entirely clear.
They only knew that at Black Mountain Pass, after years of attrition, the mid and low-level forces on both sides had suffered severe casualties, especially the Taihu cultivators stationed there.
Most of them had been worn down and killed by magic treasures such as soul banners.
Cutting off this reinforcement team would greatly advance the timetable for Black Mountain Pass’s fall. As executors of orders, they did not need an overly precise understanding of the overall situation.
They only needed to fulfill their role as a sharp blade.
After rushing north for half a day, Wang Yu and the others entered the Withered Leaf Marsh north of Black Mountain Pass. Back when he had just reached Foundation Establishment, he had once crossed this place alone.
At that time, the righteous-demonic war had not yet begun. According to ancient records, there were still several relatively safe routes through Withered Leaf Marsh. But now that war had reignited, after so many years of confrontation and slaughter, countless formations and forbidden traps must have been laid, with thorough preparations on both sides. Moreover, neither side could keep their maps updated in real time.